Jake Owen was presented with a giant ticket for his sold-out opening night in New York City on Oct. 10. (L-R): Sony Music Nashville VP Media/Corp Communications Allen Brown; RCA Nashville VP Promotion Keith Gale and Director, National Promotion Josh Easler; Sony Music Nashville Chairman/CEO Gary Overton; Owen; CMT SVP of Music Strategy, Leslie Fram; and Morris Artists Management VP Brandon Gill and GM Mike Betterton. Photo: Scott Gries for CMT
RCA Nashville’s Jake Owen launched his first headlining tour CMT On Tour: Jake Owen – The Summer Never Ends 2012 with a sold-out show Wednesday night (10/10) at New York City’s Best Buy Theatre. After performing his smash hits “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” “Alone With You,” and “The One That Got Away,” Owen was joined onstage by his tourmates Love and Theft and Florida Georgia Line for a rendition of Van Halen’s “Jump.”
At the New York City show, all three artists were honored for recent achievements. Owen was saluted for selling out the opening show of his first-ever headlining tour. Love and Theft was bestowed with a plaque commemorating the duo’s CMT No. 1 video for “Angel Eyes.” Florida Georgia Line was surprised with a plaque recognizing the Gold certification of the duo’s single “Cruise.” Both artists are nominated for honors at the forthcoming American Country Awards.
The Summer Never Ends 2012 tour already has sold-out dates in Detroit (10/18), Chicago (11/29-30), and St. Louis (12/8). More concert dates here.
While in New York City, Florida Georgia Line was surprised with plaques commemorating their Gold-certified single “Cruise.” Tyler Hubbard (Georgia) and Brian Kelley (Florida) celebrated at Carmine’s with their extended label families from Big Machine in Nashville and Universal in New York. Photo: Sweet Talk Publicity
Love and Theft was presented with a plaque commemorating a CMT No. 1 video for "Angel Eyes" at the CMT On Tour sold-out show in New York City. (L-R): Sony Music Nashville SVP Marketing Paul Barnabee; Love and Theft’s Eric Gunderson; Sony Music Nashville Chairman/CEO Gary Overton; Love and Theft’s Stephen Barker Liles; Sony Music Nashville VP Marketing & Web Initiatives Heather McBee; CMT SVP of Music Strategy, Leslie Fram; Sony Music Nashville VP Sales Caryl Healey and Assoc. Director Marketing Rachel Fontenot. Photo: Scott Gries for CMT
